Tiger Woods Q&A at Farmers Insurance Open

“Having to go five days, I really don’t know how I quite got the five days and got through it. But I definitely never, ever want to experience that again, that part of it.

“The other part was how I got off to such beautiful starts on the first hole each day (three double bogeys and a bogey on the first hole of his first four rounds), beautiful starts. Then having to recover from there and work my way back. Then I think Saturday afternoon was a pretty cool little back nine stretch where I had a little bit of a run. And the putt on 18 to get into (Monday’s playoff) it was certainly a putt I’ll never, ever forget.”

I heard something interesting in that the first two things you said were negatives. The pain, which was obvious, and then the first hole. Is that a golfer’s nature to think about those things first because there were so many amazing things?

“There were a lot of amazing things, but, man, here I am just talking about it and my hands are sweating just thinking about the feeling I had to get through each and every day. Just trying to get up and having to warm up again and go to the gym. I just don’t want to move. Then having to get out here and warm up and trying not to show you guys and any of my competitors what I was feeling. It was a very difficult week.”

Your thoughts on the U.S. Open ever coming back to Torrey, and are you in favor of that?

“Absolutely, absolutely. I think they’ve proven that they can host a great U.S. Open here. We, as players, play here each and every year, and we love the golf course. It’s hard.

“And I think the USGA is trying to make a concerted effort ever since ‘02 going to Bethpage for the first time and big public venues. This is the West Coast version. And it was amazing. The turnout, the fans, the support, the crowds, I mean, it was just a great atmosphere.

“I think with having the other golf course right here for parking and all that, I certainly think Torrey Pines and everyone here involved in it really made this tournament special, and I think the USGA will definitely come back.”